Poway High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Poway, CA)

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CAPTAI Billy Wraith received the privilege of being chosen Varsity team captain. Billy has been a veteran of baseball for nine years. He was named MVP his frosh year. He has also been on the All-Star team in Rancho Bernardo for six years. Billy felt always being positive was the key to success. He also set a goal for himself, to be the best I can be in everything I do. Billy reached his goals like being the best he could be and maintaining a high batting average. By fulfilling his goals. this let him encourage his teammates to be their best. Alon Banks summed up Billy's influence on the team by saying. He really gets us going for the gamef Opponents: San Marcos Mission Bay Helix Hilltop H St. Augustine Escondido ff Mar Vistai Bingham Mt. Carmel Vista San Dieguito Fallbrook Torrey Pines Orange Glen Mt. Carmel Vista San Dieguito Fallbrook Torrey Pines Orange Glen Matt Schwenke catches the ball in time to tag the runner out at home. Top: l. to R Chris McDermott. Danny Nliller. Billy Brian Rodents. John Lglow. Rich Foote. Ed Cornb- Bertscli. Todd Waters. Alon Banks. John Youngkin. luni. Pat Vanoni. Front: L to R - Paul Scolari. Steve Billy Wraith. Greg Sorrell. Nlatt Sehixenke. Coach Wrenn ell. Xlid: l. to R -- Coach Casciato. Nlike Beam. Vorsity Boseboll 281

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B A S E B A L L Bill Bertsch prepares to hit a homerun and empty the A Spirited Revival by Traci McClellan Throwing practice balls and warming up signified the start of another Varsity base- ball game at Poway High. The guys strove to reach their goal of attaining the CIF championship by working together. Pat Vinoni commented, uWe,re like one big family. We really enjoy playing together. This thought was also shared by Alon Banks who stated, '6We all work well to- gether because we're on the same skill lev- el. as 'greally impressed with his leadership and motivational techniques. While Chris McDermott felt, He really cares about the individual as well as the teamf' The players thought Coach Casciato to be an added in- centive to playing baseball at Poway High School. The many years of playing experience contributed to the team's success as wellg they spanned from nine to thirteen years on the field. This made the competition to Not only did they work together, but the did it successfully under the new head coach, Rudy Cas- ciato. Steve Wrenn was reach the Varsity level more intense, assuring only the most talented and hard working ball players a spot on this dynamic team. Todd Waters tags the runner out at third with ease. Paul Scolari throws the ball forcefully to beat the runner home. 280 bases. Chris McDermott, the shortstop. hurls the ball toward first for the easy out.

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SO I I Kelly Dudek is overwhelmed by the nonstop action Poway Hits a Double by Elisa Smith the history of Poway softball continued its effectiveness in the '88 season. Because a freshman coach was not in the budget for whether in practice or in a game. Yells, the softball program, the three teams, Var- whistles, and cheers of encouragement were sity, JV, and Frosh, raised the money them- constantly emitted from the dugout. 'The selves by selling tickets for a spaghetti din- ner held on Spring Sports Night. The mon- ey raised brought Lynn Leger to the Poway fields every afternoon to coach the younger team. Hopefully this new aspect of the soft- Come on Kathy! Good eye Di! Way to go Boomer! These familiar words from the JV Softball team echoed through the field great thing about our team was that we never dwelt too long on a bad play or a bad inning because we got ourselves psyched up by yelling and screamingli' said Erin-Mary Barrett. The team managed to keep this positive attitude through the majority of the season. Coach Campbell agreed with Varsity coach Barker-Ball that attitude is a major factor in playing good softball. Many times a player could be seen doing pushups after saying the taboo words, I can't! Another factor in a good softball team is freshman teams in other sports Our coach was really tough and mad us work hard but we tried our best and ha a lot of fun' said Chris Adams Beth LaR ocque and Billie Macuse Coach Leger ha the team concentrate on the basics at firs and each day the girls continued to pro- during practice while Mariah Youngkin throws a stray gress. Robin Miller and Kathlee Monahan explained that, Th coaching and playing we had thi year helped train us for our futur on the JV and Varsity levels. talent and ability. According to Camp- bell, I saw our team having a lot more talent than the teams of pre- vious years! The second freshman team in ball program will set a precedent for future GG . e ' d , ' ' ' . d . . t n e s e BK: L-R: Coach Campbell, Cyndie Gruchala, Julie Kathy Suszko, Tami Gilman, Katie Salo, Kristin Schwan, Erin-Mary Barrett, Megan Hewitt, Jenny Bruen. FRONT: L-R: Diana Snodgrass, Becky Byers- VanBoom, Karen Collins. MID: L-R: Elisa Smith, Ward. Not pictured: Heather Thornton. Cyndie Gruchala prepares to throw a high rise pitch to second base. 282 .IV ond Frosh Softboll